@Alain **********

what is your passport country?

@Jassen ********

actually if you run out of money it is your responsibility to pay for your return to wherever you are going. If you overstay you are in jail until you can pay for your plane ticket, and fine.

@Pat ****

and you've actually applied?

What the government looks at now with reference to the bt500,000, and what it was designed for, to pay for any accidents, or health issues people with those DTVs, and if they are able to pay their bills. There's been some instances of people getting hurt, and not having the money they were supposed to have. When that gets abused too much then they change the rules.

@Ally ***********

you've lived here how long? The 180 day only makes you a tax resident. You are still on temporary stay terms technically no matter what visa you are on. You can be ideally correct, but realistically Thai considers you a resident of your passport country until you actually get citizenship.

Your country of residence is always considered your passport country.

DTV does not include Thai language classes as they have specific requirements in order to extend that visa every 90 days.

He has to decide what is more important, a five year visa, or the slight cost of rescheduling his flight. It is that simple. At some point in the process they do check where he's at by immigration records. If not in the country he is applying from then rejection

Why are you applying for a tourist visa? You will get a 60 day visa exempt stamp just by showing up with a valid passport, and it is free.

As long as you paid the income tax on the money in your home country at this point Thailand doesn't care. People will talk about the difference in tax rates based on the dual tax treaty with your home country, but at this point Thailand doesn't care, other than the fact you did pay your income tax on the money you bring in. Thailand doesn't care about a few hundred dollar difference. The 180 day tax resident law has been in place for decades, with no interest from Thailand unless you actually worked inside Thailand, and not remotely. This was blown out of proportion by the DTV holders that all of a sudden thought they had to pay Thai taxes if they lived here more than 180 days in a year, even working remotely. As many have found out the revenue offices won't issue them a needed TIN to file Thai taxes because they don't work inside Thailand. If you are Thai it is a whole different story, but nothing has changed for foreigners.